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Locality Name:
Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 249861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Carlton Mine (Mt Carlton Pit)

Latitude: 20°16'21"S
Longitude: 147°33'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.2725,147.56611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArgyroditeBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteEnargiteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6111094966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1110941588
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS611109462
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11109411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41110945516
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS11109442
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1110945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211109427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1110944165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4111094651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4111094910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11109424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu11109430554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1311109472
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te111094804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41110945591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4111094198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211109412537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1110941508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211109417380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]111094249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2111094409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]111094716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211109439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211109461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11109421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131110941803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131110945317


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